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soil be rich, a better quality of root for table use 

 will be obtained than if sown earlier. 



Celery and Endive will still require the attention 

 in blanching, described in former hints. 



GREENHOUSE. 



Those who have greenhouses, pits or frames, will 

 now see to having any necessary repairs attended to. 

 White-washing annually is serviceable, destroying- 

 innumerable eggs of insects, in ti.e war against 

 which the gardener should always take the initia- 

 tive ; sulphur mixed with the whitewash is also 

 serviceable. Powerful syringing is a great help to 

 keeping plants clean, and should be frequently re- 

 sorted to. 



Propagation of bedding plants for another season 

 will now be progressing actively. Greraniums, and 

 other things -with firm wood, do best in sand spread 

 on the open ground, with a glass frame partially 

 shaded spread over it. A great benefit will be found 

 in most cuttings if they are placed for a short time 

 in slightly damp moss for a few days before insert- 

 ing the same, so that the wood at the base of the 

 cutting may be partially healed or calloused over. 

 Verbenas, and such cuttings, can be kept but a few 

 hours, unless the wood is very hard. The harder 

 the wood the longer they will do to keep so. Ripe 

 wood of some things will be benefited by keeping 

 two weeks. All this must be found out by each 

 propagator himself. 



It is a very good time to look around for soil for 

 potting purposes. The surface soil of an old pasture 

 forms the best basis, which can be afterwards light- 

 ened with sand, or manured with any special ingre- 

 dients to suit special cases, as required. The turfy 

 or peaty surfaces of old wood or bogs also come very 

 " handy.'' A stock of moss should also be on hand 

 for those who crock pots, in order to cover the pot- 

 sherd ; moss also comes in useful for many purposes 

 connected with gardening, and should be always on 

 hand. 



Plants intended to be taken from the open ground 

 and preserved through the winter, should be lifted 

 early, that they may root a little in the pots. A 

 moist day is of course best for the purpose, and a 

 moist shady place the best to keep them in for a 

 few days afterwards. Any thing that is somewhat 

 tender had better be housed before the cold nights 

 come. Some things are checked without actual 

 frost. 



Ornamental annuals for winter-flowering should 

 be at once sown, not forgetting Mignonette, to be 

 without which will be an unpardonable sin. Chi- 

 nese Primroses, Cinerarias, Calceolarias, Pansies, 



Polyanthus, etc., should be sown. Winter- bloom- 

 ing Carnations and Violets should not be forgotten. 

 They are now essentials in all good greenhouse col- 

 lections. The Calla Ethiopica, old as it is, is an 

 universal favorite, and should now be repotted, 

 when it will flower through the winter finely. Ox- 

 alis, Sparaxis, Cyclamens, and such Cape bulbs that 

 flower through the winter, should be repotted now. 

 They are an easily grown tribe of plants, and should 

 be in more favor. 



This is emphatically the Dahlia, as the next is to 

 be the Chrysanthe l um month. Dahlias do not 

 grow much through drought, and better not ; 

 now that September has come, they should be stim- 

 ulated to grow, by copious waterings, and fine flow- 

 ers will be the result. 



White flowers are the chief charm of a green- 

 house. The following is a list of the most desirable 

 for this purpose: — Abatilon striatum; Acacias in 

 variety, all are late winter or spring-bloomers ; xilon- 

 soa Warcewiczii : Alstroemeria, pretty tuberous 

 plants flowering from I^Iarch to May in the green- 

 house ; Ardisia crenulata, red berries and very dark 

 green leaves; Ageratum album, A. cosrulea ; Aza- 

 leas in variety ; Begonia in variety, particularly B. 

 parviflora, B. incarnata, and B. fuchsoides ; Bletia 

 hyacinthiana ; Bouvardia ieintha ; Epiphj^llyum 

 truncatum and its varieties ; Camellias ; Cestrum 

 aurantiacum ; Cheiranthus in varieties ; the double 

 Wallflower is particularly desirable ; Chorozema 

 varium ; Cinerarias particularly the new dwarf va- 

 rieties; Auriculas; Correas, the new cardinalis is 

 the best ; Coronilla glauca ; Cuphea strigillosa and 

 platycentra; Cj^clamen persicum, coura, and heder- 

 jefolium ; Daphne indica in variety, and D. cneo- 

 rum when a little forced ; Iberis sempervirens ; 

 Epacris in variety; Eupatorium elegans; Fabiana 

 imbricata ; Gardaquia niultiflora ; Grenista rho- 

 daphne ; Geraniums in variety; Habrothamnus ele. 

 gans ; liarbenbergia monophylla : Kennedya Mar- 

 rayattas ; Heliotropes ; J asniines, yellow and white ; 

 Lachenalia tricolor ; Lantana in variety ; Leschen- 

 aultia formosa : Linum trigymum ; l^Iahernia odo- 

 rata; Manettia bicolor ; Melaleuca speciosus ; Me- 

 trosiderasfloribundus ; Olea fragrans ; OxalisBowii, 

 flava and others ; Passiflora Loudonii ; Pentas 

 carnea; Petunias; Plumbago capcnbis and ro. ea ; 

 Polygala mytrifolia ; Itonduietia anoniale ; Kuellia 

 formosa; Salvia gesnerifiora ; Solanum capsica— 

 trura ; Sollya heterophylla ; Stevia serrata ; Trop- 

 seolum' Lobbianum and its varieties; Veronica 

 speciosa and its varieties. 



Of plants that flower in winter, requiring a war- 

 mer greenhouse than the above, the following are 



